my boyfriend has been taking antidepressant pill for a year now. he kind of wants to stop because he feels way better. isit ok to stop?

Question

What kind of pills or treatment can somebody get for antidepressant overdose?

Answer 1

No: He should consult the prescribing physician first. Some antidepressants can cause withdrawal symptoms if stopped "cold turkey". Depending on the drug it may need to be tapered.

Answer 2

Discuss with doctor: Have him discuss this with his doctor and depending on the antidepressant and dose may need to wean off to avoid a withdrawal effect.

Answer 3

No: Antidepressants do not work for everyone and even when they work at the beginning of treatment, they may not continue to work.

Answer 4

No: Antidepressant are use for many different reasons, most commonly to treat depression. For most people, antidepressants will help/improve their depression, unfortunately not everyone will benefit from them.

Answer 5

No: When someone does have depression and it is thought that medicine would be the right treatment, then we try to tailor the medicine to what symptoms the patient has. However, every person is going to react to medicine differently and often we need to try several different antidepressants until we find the most appropriate one.

Answer 6

No: An answer to a broad question like that will of course be no as nothing will truly work for everyone. However, i would say that if one is diagnosed with true depressive disorder then considering an antidepressant with therapy would be a wise place to start. Most antidepressants like ssris take about 1-2 weeks to begin to see results and about 4-6 weeks to truly see full results at current dose.

Answer 7

No: Roughly 2 out of 3 people with the specific illness major depressive disorder (mdd) will respond to the first antidepressant they are treated with though this does not mean that all of their symptoms will resolve. Not all depression is mdd. The more severe the mdd is the more likely it is to respond to an antidepressant. Roughly 90% of people with mdd will partially respond to a medicine.

Answer 8

Depends: Usually patients that take these medicines tend to report that their symptoms decrease ie. Less sadness, anger and anxiety than before. As a result they feel better and more functional. So they really help to stabilize your moods. And these medicines are mostly increasing serotonin in the brain because it is thought that patients have depression by not having enough serotonin in the brain.

Answer 9

Also...: In other words, antidepressants do not directly induce happiness.

Answer 10

No: Antidepressants will not change your personality or make you do inappropriate things. They help increase chemicals that are normally present in the brain and may be suppressed during depression.

Answer 11

Not Usually: There can be a potential side effect of increased disinhibition with the use of antidepressants. However, this is not common.

Answer 12

Depends: Depends on which antidepressant, insurance coverage, associated lab work required to stay on it. Also depends on if one is treating recurrent depression or single episode depression.

Answer 13

No: For every patient, it can vary tremendously and even ones that work can sometimes not work after being effective initially. So my answer is there is really no one drug that stands above the others in my opinion. It really depends on the patient and what works for them.

Answer 14

Also...: Also consider that side effects play an important role in balancing the benefit of an antidepressant. Since side effects vary between individuals, the balance has to be determined case-by-case.

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